Closure for bottles or jars.



' TTORNEV J. HEBERLING.

CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES OR JARS.

APPLICATION FILED 050.3.1914.

CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES 01R, JARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 3, 1914. Serial No. 875,260.

1 b all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN HEBERLING, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Closures for Botties or Jars, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention "relates to closures for bottles and jars, the present embodiment being designed for use on a bottle or jar of the type provided with an upwardly presented annular internal shoulder for engagement by a paper disk and with an external shoulder formed by strengthening the mouth of the bottle, both of which are common in the milk bottles or jars now being extensively used for distributing milk; and an object of the invention is to provide a construction which may be readily attached to a bottle or jar to be readily opened by a swinging action without the provision of any pivoting devices, the cover being mounted to swing directly in engagement with the bottle or jar.

To this and other ends, the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which willbe hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims. a

In the drawings Figure 1 shows one embodiment of the invention in vertical section with the cover arranged in a closed position on a milk jar which is shown in section; .Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of the same embodiment showing the cover member in open position; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mouth of the bottle with the closure in position thereon; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the closure shown in Figs. 1 to 3; Fig. 5 is a side view of another embodiment of the invention attached to a bottle; Fig. 6 shows the attachment in side elevation at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the embodiment shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Referring more particularly, to the drawings, 1 indicates a common milk bottle which is nrovided with an internal up- 1111 ward] y presented shoulder that is ordinarily used as a seat for a paper disk. A bottle of this type is also provided with an external shoulder 3 formed by reinforcing or thickening the mouth of the bottle.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4, there is provided a cover member 4 in the form of a disk made of sheet metal such, for instance, as aluminum adapted to seat within the mouth of the bottle upon the shoulder 2. In order to hold this cover member to the seat 2 and at the same time,

to permit the cover member to turn at one edge on the bottle as a pivot, there is provided means which is preferably resilient and extends from the cover member to engage below the shoulder 3. In this ernbodiment it comprises a strip of resilient metal secured by a rivet 5at one end near one edge of the disk, bent into a loop 6 which extends about the mouth of the bottle, bent downwardly and outwardly at 7 from the loop 6 and bent inwardly and upwardlv at 8 to I provide a loop 9, the free end of the strip lying below the loop 6 and engaging the shoulder 3. By this arrangement, it is possible to readily attach the closure to a milk .bottle. The spring arm 8 will easily pass over the enlarged mouth of the bottle and locate itself beneath the shoulder 3, when the disk 4 is introduced into the mouth of the bottle to the seat 2. The loops 6 and 9 act in such a manner that the arm 8 has a pressure exerted thereon in the direction of its length when it is engaged beneath the shoulder 3. When pressure is applied in a downward direction, at a point above the loop 9, the cover 4 will swing on one edge direct-1y in engagement with the bottle and, in this way, open the bottle which will be closed immediately upon the release of pressure on the resilient member.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the cover member is in the form of a cap provided with a central depressed port-ion 10 and the surrounding curved portion 11 which receives the edge of the bottle about themouth. The resilient means which holds the cover member to the bottle is in the form of a spring frame fitting about the neck of the bottle below the shoulders 3. The frame comprises, in this instance, a coil 12 from which curved arms 13 extend to lie beneath the shoulder 3; and, substantially parallel with said arms 13 are arms 14 connected to the arms 13 by bends 15 and to the cover by upwardly extending arms 16, the latter having eyes 17 at their ends for passing through perforations in two arms 18 which extend downwardly from the periphery of the cap, the arms 14 having a tendency to hold the cap I atented June 2t), T9103..

into engagement with the mouth of a bottle las I and yielding means carried by said cover be quickly and easily attached to a-bottle the center of the cap or cover it is possible to turn the cap or cover on the bottle as a pivot and to this end a finger lever 19 is extended from the cap or cover so that on the depression of this lever the opposite side of the cap or cover will be raised against the action of the sprin frame and will be reseated immediately tiat pressure on the lever 19 is relieved.

In both embodiments of the invention, the cover member turns directly on the bottle, thus dispensing with a pivot for the cover member. Furthermore, the cover member is held to the bottle by a yielding means which detachably engages with the usual annular shoulder on the bottle. By this arrangement it is possible to produce a construction which is simple to manufacture and not liable to get out of order. It may or jar and when attached may be easily manipulated to discharge the contents of the jar without removing the closure.

While the invention has been illustrated for use on milk bottles or jars, it is apparent that it is not limited to such use but may be redesigned to fit any .bottle or jar.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A bottle or jar closure comprising a circular cover member adapted to rest directly onthe bottle over the mouth thereof,

member and having means adapted to em gage detachably the bottle ,at any position at which the cover member may be fitted to close the mouth of the bottle to support the cover member thereon and to permit the tilting of the cover member on the bottle as a fulcrum while yieldingly resisting the tilting action to return it to closed position.

2. A closure for bottles or jars comprising a cover member adapted to rest directly on the thereof and to turn at one side directly in engagement with the bottle as a pivot, and a yielding operating and supporting member for the cover member having means detachably engaging the bottle at any position at which the cover member may be fitted to close the mouth of thebottle and yieldingly resisting the tilting action to return the cover to its closed position when released.

3. A closure for bottles or jars of the type having an external shoulder on the neck thereof comprising a cover member arranged to bear directly against, the bottle at the mouth thereof to turn at one side directly in engagement with the bottle as a pivot from extreme open to closed position or vice versa, and yielding means havbottle over the mouth ing provision for detachably engaging the shoulder at any position at which the cover member may be fitted to close the mouth of the bottle and connected to the cover member to hold said member in closed position, said means yielding to permit the opening of the cover member and returning the latter to closed position when released.

4. A closure for a bottle or jar of the type having an external shoulde' and an internal shoulder within the neck, comprising a disk arranged to seat on said internal shoulder and to turn at one edge directly in engagement with the bottle as a pivot from extreme open to closed position or vice versa, and yielding means secured to the disk to engage beneath the external shoulder to support the disk on the internal shoulder, said means yielding to permit the opening of the cover member and returnin the latter to closed position when release 5. A closure for a bottle or jar of the type having an external shoulder on the neck and an internal shoulder within the neck,

. cured to the disk at one side only of the center and adapted to cooperate with the external shoulder, said means yielding to permit the opening of the cover member and returning the latter to closed position when released.

6. A closure for a bottle or jar comprising a cover member mounted to turn at one side directly in engagement with the bottle as a pivot from extreme open to closed position or vice versa, and yielding means having provision for securing the cover to the bottle or jar to permit such action at any position at which the cover member may be fitted to close the mouth of the bottle, said means acting to yieldingly resist the turning action and to return the cover member to closed position when released.

7. A closure for a bottle or jar of the type having an internal shoulder, comprising a disk mounted to turn at one edge directly in engagement with the bottle as a pivot from extreme 0 en to closed position or vice versa, and yiel ing means having provision for securing the cover to the bottle or jar at any position at which the cover member may be fitted to close the mouth of the bottle to permit such action, said means acting to yieldingly resist the turning action to reversa, and means detachabl engaging the bottle for supporting said disk on the bottle to permit such action at any position at which the cover member may be fitted to close the mouth of the bottle, said means being resilient to hold the disk normally in closed position while permitting the tilting action.

9. A closure for a bottle or jar of the type having a neck with an internal and an external shoulder, comprising a disk, and a resilient member secured at one end to the disk near one edge of the latter, formed in a loop above the secured end to extend about the edge of the bottle mouth, extending downwardly and outwardly from said loop,

andthence inwardly and upwardly below' disk.

7 JOHN HEBERLING.

Witnesses: HAROLD H. SIMMS,

ADA M, WIIITMOREH 

